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Sheet music, fancy dress
Medium
cotton, metal, paint
Measurements
(a) 42.5 cm (centre back) 38.0 cm (width) (bodice)
(b) 106.0 cm (centre back) 26.0 cm (waist, flat) (skirt)
(c) 25.5 × 176.8 × 1.0 cm (sash)
(d) 13.0 cm (height) 49.0 cm (circumference) (headpiece)
(e) 24.0 × 48.0 cm (fan)
Inscription
(d) inscribed in black paint: c.: 1906
Accession Number
D80.a-e-1977
Department
International Fashion and Textiles
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased through The Art Foundation of Victoria with the assistance of David Syme & Co. Limited, Fellow, 1977
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Professor AGL Shaw AO Bequest
Gallery location
Not on display
Physical description
Sheet Music fancy dress costume comprised of five parts, bodice, skirt, sash, headdress, and fan. The costume is made of both cotton muslin and voile decorated with hand painted reproductions of sheet music covers - some have been highlighted with metallic borders. Lace and bias cut cotton ruffle attached at hem. Skirt is gored to a fitted waist with placket fastened by press studs and metal hook and eye. Cotton sash has a music sheet image at each end, and is gathered at mid-point with a single stay on the reverse. A second shorter section of fabric is attached at the mid point.